Bloody Dawn - MCD AU [REWRITE PENDING]

Eleven - The Swears Are Back!

WARNING: From this point on, swear words WILL be used in the story.

"Crap." Michi said, almost under her breath. She huddled under the bushes, next to Vylad, scanning the area. All she could see were those damn angels.

"Do you see anything?" Vylad asked.

"Only those stupid winged bitches." Michi grumbled, her tail lashing back and fourth, her wings tucked in tight.

"Oh." Vylad said.

The angels left, and Michi crawled out from under the bush, untangling brambles from her hair and horns. Vylad followed, picking burs from his wings.

"It's stupid that we lost track of him." Michi said, pacing. "It just-URRGH! How dare he look at that potato like that! As if she was pretty! Zane wouldn't know pretty if I came up and smacked the back of his head! YEEAAAAARRGH! Sometimes I can't stand him!"

While Michi raged, Vylad stepped back. Michi continued.

"AAARRRRRRGH! HOW DARE HE! ITS NOT ZANEMAU! HES SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!"

Vylad cautiously, carefully approached the raging Michi. He slowly grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backwards. She got up. Just before she could direct her hate-rage at Vylad, he gripped her shoulders and shook her.

It worked. Michi calmed down.

"Michi... how do you really feel about Zane?" Vylad asked. Michi paused.

"I don't know... sometimes I want to hurl him into a live volcano, sometimes I want to hold him close... forever." Michi said.

"Maybe you should slow down. Think about it." Vylad suggested.

Michi sat down, staring at her wringing hands. "I don't know. I just..."

"I guess I should come clean. I've had a crush on Zane since before I even met him, because he's a prince. My father thought it would be a phase. It wasn't.
"Then Laurance became a teacher at the school and Zane transferred. It was like a dream. A lot of girls got sparkle eyes at first, but mine didn't disappear like everyone else's. I spent a lot of time studying... observing Zane. Creepy, I know.
"The more I watched, the more I understood. The more I understood, the more I sympathized and grew to like him. I don't know him as well as you do, but..."

"Oh." Vylad said. He sat down, putting his arm over Michi's shoulders. Michi was crying, a few sparkling tears falling. Vylad knew they were just one of her illusions.

"Michi... why do you cast the crying illusion?" Vylad asked, totally going off-script.

"I don't know. I guess it makes me feel more alive. Sometimes, I wish I was born a mortal. I mean, if I was a mortal and since Zane is a demon, our love would be that much more romantic!" Michi said, her seriousness turning to jubilant nonsensical squealing.

"Okay..." Vylad said, inching away from the love-crazy demoness.

"It's just... crying feels good. Even if I can't cry, it doesn't mean it won't help from time to time." Michi explained.

Vylad looked up at the sky. In just a few short hours of trailing the angels, berating themselves for losing track of Zane, and searching fruitlessly for Zane, the sun had set and the moon had risen. It wasn't the winking crescent, but a smiling half-moon.

"Shouldn't we be looking for Zane?" Vylad asked.

"What's to look for? I'm right here."

Vylad and Michi jumped. "WHAT THE NETHER YOU JERKASS! YOU DISAPPEAR AND GET US ALL WORKED UP, ONLY TO REAPPEAR RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO US?!" Michi's yowling screech was deafening. Vylad and Zane both fell over.

"I got us snacks..." Zane said, his voice faint as a result of being startled out of his wits. He grabbed a small bag and tossed it to his friends.

"What's this?" Michi asked, completely unaffected by her outburst. She pulled out a delicious-looking sweet.

"A cupcake. Try it." Zane said, finally removing from Michi's screamy freak-out dance.

Michi looked deep into the cupcake. She gave it a tiny nibble and shudder all over. "T-t-t-th-th-i-i-is i-is s-s-sw-we-ee-t-t!" She said, stuttering from the sugar in the one tiny bite she nibbled.

Vylad got up and grabbed a cupcake. He gave it a tiny nibble. "I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I c-c-ca-a-an-ant f-f-fe-fee-ee-l-l m-m-my-y m-m-mo-mou-ou-out-outh-th!" He said.

Zane laughed and scarfed a whole cupcake. "It's great, isn't it?"

Vylad and Michi stared at Zane unblinkingly, as if to yell, "SERIOUSLY?!" They were still shaking.

"So? Whatcha think?" Zane asked, casually stuffing three cupcakes into his mouth.

"I think I'm gonna need a sweet tooth." Michi said.

"Where'd you even get these things?" Vylad asked.

Zane fell over laughing. "I'll tell you later. For now, let's see what else we can do here!"

Vylad and Michi slowly turned their shocked faces towards one another until they were looking directly into each others eyes. You could just see them trembling, how their eyes were as big and round as dinner plates.

They were in for some definite thrills!